MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: There were only 20 days in 1959 between the dissolution of Parliament on September 18 and the General Election on October 8. This used to be typical.
There were only 20 days in 1959 between the dissolution of Parliament on September 18 and the General Election on October 8. This used to be typical. Nobody complained that it was too short.
It is very hard to see why we cannot just get on with it a bit. Perhaps, if we did, those involved would take it all rather more seriously. This is partly because of the quiet disappearance in recent years of the daily party leaders' press conferences. These once exposed would-be premiers to sustained rigorous public inquisition by experienced and knowledgeable reporters.
We may get the occasional tough television interview if we are lucky, but the over-hyped leaders' TV debates are not as perilous as they ought to be. Honour our heroesIt is two decades since the then Labour government made a rather fine gesture, offering free passports to those of the wartime generation who still survived.
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